Description
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized data modification via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Under certain conditions, an authenticated user could reference another user's AI Assistant conversation identifier to access or modify a conversation they do not own. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of a hard-to-guess identifier.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 4.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized Data Modification
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

An authenticated user can exploit a privilege escalation flaw that allows them to reference another user’s AI Assistant conversation identifier. When a hard‑to‑guess identifier is supplied, the system permits reading or changing a conversation that is not owned by the requester. This flaw results in unauthorized data modification and therefore a breach of data integrity rather than direct disclosure, classified as CWE‑639.

Affected Systems

Kibana from Elastic is affected; the advisory does not enumerate specific version numbers, so any current instance that has the vulnerable code path is potentially impacted.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.2 indicates a moderate severity assessment, and the EPSS score is not available. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Because exploitation requires an authenticated user and knowledge of a specific conversation identifier that is difficult to guess, the likelihood of real‑world exploitation is low. Nonetheless, privileged users could intentionally or inadvertently modify another user’s data if the identifier is exposed through other application functions.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 25, 2026 at 14:49 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the official Kibana security update provided by Elastic, as referenced in the discussion thread.
  • If a patch is not yet available, reconfigure Kibana to remove or restrict the API endpoint that accepts conversation identifiers, ensuring it only processes identifiers owned by the authenticated user.
  • Implement monitoring to detect unauthorized modification attempts on conversation data, generating alerts when operations involve identifiers that do not match the user’s own account.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 25, 2026 at 14:49 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized data modification via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Under certain conditions, an authenticated user could reference another user's AI Assistant conversation identifier to access or modify a conversation they do not own. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of a hard-to-guess identifier.
Title Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification in Kibana
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T14:51:53.897Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T21:13:45.971Z

Link: CVE-2026-78581

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T14:46:12.181Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-25T13:19:31.120

Modified: 2026-09-02T14:10:03.667

Link: CVE-2026-78581

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T15:00:13Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key